A hearty talk

Calista did her daily night stretches,took a warm shower and dressed in a above-the-knee night dress. It was soft, quite clingy on her lovely body and white in color. She put on a white silk hair cover.Her bed covers were changed. They were sparkling white under the dim light of the chandelier just as she loved it and so we're the pillow cases. They all matched the color of the walls and the curtains and everything in the room except for the coaches that were ash gray in color. She loved the room.

Thanks to whoever that knew how she loved her room to be.It was so serene inside here and she loved it.

Calista climbed the bed and her smooth skin was hugged by the soft and fresh bed covers.

"Oh,I love this,"she spoke as she laid on the bed and swam on it. She loved the texture of them against her skin and their fresh fragrance was all she needed to boost her mood.

She started singing her favourite song by Olivia Rodrigo. She loved the song not because of anything else but just because it was stating facts. Such things were happening in real life and she loved such songs and yes,Olivia was so passionate when singing that song.

She began singing slowly but her voice gradually rose. She had such a melodious voice. One would think that she was singing her own song and not somebody else's song.

Meanwhile, after separating with Calista, Maverick prepared for bed.He freshened up and got dressed.The whole time,he was grinning ear to ear. He always loved every encounter he had with Calista and even what just happened between them made him happy. He laid on the bed but as soon as he did,his mind was occupied with the thoughts of his older brother. He missed him. He wondered how life would be now if he was still around him. A tear fell off his eyes as he thought of him. He quickly wiped it away and moved to the balcony.They shared the balcony with Calista since their rooms were close. He needed fresh air and enjoy the view so as to keep away his brother's memory for the time. He was standing there scanning the street with his deep black eyes when he heard a sweet voice from the neighboring room.

"I thought the rooms are sound proof!..."he mused as he tried peering at the neighboring room.

Oh,the door was ajar.

Her voice was melodious as she began singing and Maverick payed full attention to the song being sang by 'his wife'.

I got my driver's license last week

Just like we always talked about

Cause you were so excited for me

To finally drive up to your house

But today I drove through suburbs

Crying cause you weren't around

And you are probably with that blonde girl

Who always made me doupt

She is much older than me

She is everything am insecure about

The song now took charge of her whole being. Slow but sweet,it swiped thorough her body feeling it down to her nerves. She stood from the bed and moved her body to the rhythm. She was singing it but in her mind,she could feel the slow beats of the music. Her hips swung accordingly.

She twirled and kept moving from one place to the other in her room.

Yeah, today I drove through the suburbs

Cause how could I ever love someone else

And I know we weren't perfect

But I never felt this weak for no one

She was now standing at her balcony, facing the beautiful street of Texas.Her eyes were shut she was not really seeing the beautiful view before her.

And I just can't imagine how you could

Be so okay now that I'm gone

Guess you didn't mean what

You wrote in that song about me

She now opened her eyes. A huge smile settled on her lips as she looked at the street before her. So beautiful and just great though the song did not match the view since it was about heartbreak but it was just fine.

Cause you said forever

Now I drive alone past your street...

She paused when her eyes got hold of the silhouette standing not far from her. Maverick was staring at her with a smile of satisfaction on. He nooded in approval and Calista blushed hard,her face turning scarlet and her eyes downcast.

Why was she even blushing!?...she had got that from lots of people.

"No wonder you took the first position at that competition...you are too great,"he complimented. There was no need of hiding the most obvious. The girl was too good at singing and he fell in love with her voice.

She smiled broadly again and looked up at him to see the same smile on his face.

"Yeah...just some people thinking that my victory had something to do with your brother,"she spoke. The smile did not fade from her face but now it was not the same smile. It was a sad smile.

"And thanks to everyone that made me loose what I had been working very hard to archive,"she continued with the same smile on.

She was hurting just thinking about it and now speaking of it,she felt some tears threatening to fall.

"We never fail to come across such people in life you know..."he responded shortly to make her feel better and he hoped it did. Calista smiled at his words and turned to face him.

She did not doupt if everyone really come across such people their life and even if others did but she was sure he did not.

"But I strongly doupt that you have come across such people in life.People that are there to make your life miserable in a way or the other...like my sister and mom and my family,"she spoke with a smile.

'Make her life miserable? Did they make it miserable by marrying me to her or by bringing her carrier to a halt?'he asked himself in a pensive mood. He hoped the latter was the case.

He assumed all that and answered her.

"Trust me,I have met the worst and they took what mattered most to me,"his face now reflected anger,pain and agony.

"It seems we're are in the same book then,"Calista joked trying to easen thetension that as begin to brew.

"But very different chapters..."he joked back and they both chuckle.

"It's funny how one's life can take a drastic change in a minute but the effect remains..."she continued,both of them facing the colorful street. She wondered at how she even opened up to him so easily. That was a new her.

Now that was clear...he and their marriage was the effect that remain from the change in her life. He was glad that she said 'remain'.

"Yeah...life never gives us what we want sometimes but you just accept what you get,"he continued. This was for both of them. He got the life he wanted but two people were not in his life yet,his brother and his girlfriend who did not want to marry him yet and did not know the reason... but he accepted what he had,his new wife.

A deep silence emitted it's unwanted rays between the couple. Their eyes were still on the colorful street. Both were thinking about what they had said to each other. Everything made sense and reflected their lives in a way.

Minutes elapsed as they continued staring the street silently. It was calm and silent. Very serene yet it was not even about midnight.

"Why are you not sleeping?"Maverick finally broke the silence between them.

"Look at who is asking..."she spoke with a hearty smile on.

"Oh,I really am a late sleeper but I doupt if the same is the case for you,"Maverick responded honestly.

"The dinner stuff was still in my mind...Trust me it's enough to keep me awake the whole night,"she rolled up her eyes as she gave her response. That was not true but she said it just to tease him and remind him of how intimidated she was about meeting his family.

Maverick chuckled.

"I guess you would be driving through the suburbs tonight because nothing changed,"he picked the 'driving through the surburbs' from the song she sang earlier.

Calista did not expect that. She laughed heartily,making some holes on her cheeks pop in proudly.

She looked very cute as she threw her head back while laughing.

"You really are a freak..."she spoke as she continued laughing. Maverick stared at her as she laughed. He wished to see her laugh everytime. He was enchanted by her smile and here her laughter was like an aphrodisiac to him. He felt great just looking at her laugh.

He smiled again,that sweet smile of his.

Another wave of silence swept between them as they were both in their own unknown thoughts with smiles on their faces.

With the dinner back and alive in her mind, she considered that beauty sleep she really needed.

Then she would have the whole day to choose the best outfit for the dinner.

"I think am gonna drive through my dreamland now..."she spoke as she turned from her previous position ready to go inside.

"Okay...good idea I guess. Don't dream of a messy dinner... goodnight,"Maverick teased her with a warm smile on.

"I will try my best to keep off that dream zone... goodnight,"she responded and walked out to his room.

Maverick was happy they had that talk though disappointed that she went to bed too early. He also got to his room and threw himself on the bed.

After some minutes,his breathe steadied but like always that dream was there to disturb his once a beautiful sleep.